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Not only that, but Vanguard has added a tracking cookie to their site. If you log on from a computer which isn't your normal one it will ask you additional security questions before allowing you to log on.

Just checked and I've still got no enhanced security. Page #1 is login ID, Page #2 is password, and that's it....no picture, no question. They must be phasing in the security measures starting with their high dollar clients.

Just checked and I've still got no enhanced security.* Page #1 is login ID, Page #2 is password, and that's it....no picture, no question.* They must be phasing in the security measures starting with their high dollar clients.* *

Or else your money's not really with Vanguard!

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Maybe I've been logging into a bogus site all this time, and the money was long ago fleeced from the real account at Vanguard. If that's the case, then I'm just going to make like an ostrich and poke my head back into the sand. I'd rather believe it is still there for a while longer, thanks.

Just checked and I've still got no enhanced security.* Page #1 is login ID, Page #2 is password, and that's it....no picture, no question.* They must be phasing in the security measures starting with their high dollar clients.*

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I received an email from them a couple of days ago (Fri?) advising me that the next time that I loged in I would have to set it up.

Yes, I'm quite sure that I'm one of their elite ('high dollar" as you put it) clients since they spare no expense in mailing me all kinds of crap on a regular basis. 8)

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FWIW, Bank of America has something similar. I have not seen Vanguard's, but BofA lets you select a photo and then you give the photo a title. When logging in, its supposed to be like a "conversation", i.e. you put in username, system response is your photo, then you put in password, and system logs you in. It doesn't feel very secure, but I guess its an improvement. Is that how Vanguard works?

FWIW, Bank of America has something similar. I have not seen Vanguard's, but BofA lets you select a photo and then you give the photo a title. When logging in, its supposed to be like a "conversation", i.e. you put in username, system response is your photo, then you put in password, and system logs you in. It doesn't feel very secure, but I guess its an improvement. Is that how Vanguard works?

Yes, it works the same way. The purpose of the image is that it's hard for another site that's making an attempt to hijacking to produce the same image and the name.

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